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G. J. MEYER. BOTTLERS APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1906.

Patented Nov. 16. 1909.

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GEORGE .r. MEYER, 0E MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed June 25, 1906. Serial No. 323,193.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit' known that I, GEORGE J MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visccnsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottlers Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein shown, described and claimed, its object being to provide a simple, economical and effective apparatus in conjunction with a soaktank for the successive, inner washing and rinsing of bottles, said apparatus being also shown organized to employ a bottle-scrubbing mechanism.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical longitudinal section View indicated by line l-l in Fig. 3 and illustrates a fragment of a soak-tank and apparatus in connection therewith for the inner washing and rinsing of the bottles, the organization of said apparatus being such as to provide for an outer scrubbing of the bottles subsequent to a delivery of the same from the racks of a conveyor; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the fragment of soak-tank and said apparatus therewith having parts of the same broken away;.Fig. 3, a plan view of the same partly in horizontal section as indicated by lines 3-3 in Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5, transverse section views of the apparatus respectively indicated by lines 4-4 and 55 in Fig. 2 Fig. 6,21 sectional view of a fragnent of saidap'paratuson an enlarged scale lllustratin the inner washing and rinsing of bottles; Fig. 7 a horizontal section View indicated by lines 77 in Fig. 5'; Fig. 8, a section view of a fragment of the apparatus indicated by line 88 in Fig. 7 Fig. 9, a partly sectional view of another fragment of the apparatus-indicated by .lines 99 in Fig. 5, and Fig. 10, an elevation of a frag ment of the bottle scrubbing adjunct of sad apparatus.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a soak-tank to which a frame B of any suitable construction is suitably connected or otherwise adjunctive. is provided with bearings for a shaft C to which sprocket-wheels D are made fast and p ii ojected through end notches of the tank.

ained on these wheels and similar wheels E, fast on another shaft F, are link-belts G having link-arms thereof at intervals in The frame rigid connection with racks H to constitute a bottle-conveyor. The shaft vF has its bearings in the frame aforesaid and this frame is provided with guide-ways b for the linkbelts of the conveyor. A fender '0 is shown in connection with the frame.

O that meshes with another spur-wheel P fast on a shaft Q for which the aforesaid frame is provided with bearings, a pair of cam-wheels B being also fast on the latter shaft within said frame. The sprocketwheel M is connected, by a link-belt S, with a similar wheel T that is fast with a clutchsleeve U on a shaft V for which a vertically reciproc-ative gear-box W is provided with bearings, corner-arms f of this gear-box being guided on rods 9 that of themselves are vertically reci rocative, in .guides with which the frame 0 the apparatus is provided. Splined on the shaft V is another clutchsleeve X having an. annular outer groove thereof engagedby inner lugs h of a spanner Y pivotally suspended in connection with the gear-box and provided with. an

outer lug z engaging a vertical cam-guide j that is fastened at its ends in connection with a side of the frame aforesaid. The spanner is also provided with a depending lever is coupled to thevalve-stem m of a water-way cock Z having the connection hereinafter specified.

The cam-wheels R are provided with lateral teeth n that mesh with the sprocketwheels E once in each revolution of the shaft Q to impart intermittent travel to the bottle-conveyor, and said cam-wheels engage with, (preferably anti-friction) projections of levers A, B, fulcrumed in connection with the frame aforesaid. The levers A are connected, by link-rods C, with levers D also fulcrumed in connection with said frame and attached to central lateral arms '39 of a fiat-plate 9 that is fastened to the lower ends of the rods 9 aforesaid. The levers D are longitudinally slotted to rovide for adjustable connection therewit of the link-rods C aforesaid, in order to vary the lift of the rods 9 and parts therewith. The levers B are connected, by in arms j of the plate K aforesaid, bottlelink-rods E with counter-weighted levers F one of which levers is connected to the clutch-sleeve U and the other to the shaft V aforesaid, both of the levers F being made fast on the sleeve J in which the driveshaft 1 has its bearings.

Fast on the shaft V, within the gear-box W, are worm-wheels G- in mesh with hollow vertically disposed worm-spindles H journaled in bearings provided in said box, and to lessenfriction due to end thrust of the spindles, ball-bearings are provided. The worm-wheels are run .in oil or other lubricant contained in the aforesaidbox.

Inground-joint fit in the lower journals of the worm-spindles H are hollow plugs 8 held to seat by springs t in connection with the bottom of the gear-box, and hose a connectsbranches of a water-way Z with the plugs aforesaid, this. water-way being contro ed by the cock Z above specified. The upper journals of the worm-spindles are longitudinally kerfed and exteriorly ta pered at their ends, these tapered ends being exteriorly screw-threaded for the engagement of clamp-caps o by which a frictionclutch engagement of each spindle is had Y with a water-conductor tube I having an upper end water-distributing brush-tip J '0 any suitable construction. Fast on the upper ends of the rods g is a stepped plate K supporting spiral-springs w that in turn support bottle-neck seats m surrounding the water-pipes I and having depending shanks loose in apertures with which said plate is provided. The bottleneck seats are guidedin shells y mounted fast on the steps of the plate K, and guided on studs y of the shells are vertically slotted shanks of cups .2 supported by spiral-v springs e' surrounding said shells. In line with the bottle-neck seats :0 are bottle-bot- 'tom clamp-plates I) having shanks 0 en- .gaglng lateral channel extensionsvol of arms -the bottles are centered in said racks on their wa to aline with the neck-seats and bottom-c amps aforesaid.

In connection with the water-way Z aforesaid is one end of a slack hose Phavin its other end coupled to a pipeiQ. pro-.

vi edwith rinsing-nozzles R and supported neck rest j being also supported in connection with said arms.

As herein shown one of the counterweighted levers F has an end-lug la engaging-a slot in a link-rod m coupledv to a crankarm n of a rock-shaft S to which a bottletray T is secured, the frame B being provided with bearings for the rock-shaft. The tray is arranged to receivebottles discharged from the racks of the conveyer, and the rock-shaft is timed to tilt said tray, as shown'by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to deliver the bottles into the interstices between inclined rollers U" journaled in a frame V auxiliary to the frame B aforesaid to which it is attached. Fast on journals of the rollers .U are sprocket-wheels p engaging" a link-belt 9 that is kept sufiiciently taut by a suitably disposed idler-wheel 1*, and one of said rollers has a journal thereof in bevel-gear connectionwith a spindle 8 provided with a spur-pinion t" that meshes with the spur-wheel N, whereby a rolling motion is given to the bottles while on gravity. de-

tween it and. the underlying rollers. However said bottle-dumping, rolling and scrubbing mechanism may be disconnected or entirely dispensed with in the organization of the apparatus.

In the operation of the apparatus, intermittent travel of the bottle-conveyer is had, I

by means of the action of the teeth a of the cam-wheels R 'in conjunction with the sprocket-wheels E, and the time of said camwheels, with res'pect to the lever A, is such that subsequent to the predetermined mover ment of said conveyer, the stepped plate K andparts in connection therewith are lifted from the position shown in; Fig. 1, while at the same time the sleeve f and parts there with are lowered from the position also shown in Fig. 1, the result being a centering' and clamping of the bottles elevated from the soak-tankand for a time at rest vertically and mouth down in racks of the.

conveyer, as shown in Fig. 6. The bottles remain clam ed for a time,"'and the action of the cam-w 1661s, with respect to the levers B, is such that there is lift of the ar-box W from the position shown in Fig. 1, to thatshown in Fi .6, an engagement of the clutch-sleeves X, U, and anopening of the water-way cock Z, whereby the rotating Water-conductor tubes I' and their brushtips J are run up in said bottles to wash the same, the time of the cam-wheels'aforesaid being such that said water-tubes and brushtips are reciprocatediin the aforesaid bottles, prior to the return of said gear-box and parts in connection therewith to the first position. The organization of-the apparatus herein shown is such that there are two washings of each bottle by as many water-distributing brush-tips, and the botthrough the tank, vertically reciprocative bottle-neck seats and bottle-bottom clampplates, a vertically reciprocative gear-box, hollow spindles having their drive in the box, water-pipes in connection with the spindles to rotate therewith and extend through the bottle-neck seats, water-distributing brush-tips inconnect-ion with the pipes, a water-way having connections discharging into said spindles, and means controlling start and stop of the spindle-drive as well as concurrent opening and closing of the water-way, the motion of said conveyer being arrested during. the time the bottlecleaning mechanism is in operation.

2. The combination of a soak-tank, a bottle-conveyor having intermittent travel through the tank, vertically reciprocative bottle-neck seats and bottle-botton'i clampplates, a vertically reciprocative gear-box, hollow spindles having their drive in the box, water-pipes in connection with the spindles to rotate therewith and extend through the bottle-neck seats, waterdistributing brush-tips in connection with the pipes, a water-way having connections discharginginto said spindles, a pipe provided with bottle-rinsing nozzles and suitably connected to the Water-way, and means controlling start and stop of the spindle-drive as well as concurrent opening and closing of the water-way, the motion of said conveyer being arrested during the time bottle cleaning and rinsing operations take place. i

3. The combination of a soak-tank. a bottle-conveyer having intermittent travel through. the tank, a reciprocative carrier, bottle-neck seats having yielding support in conjunction with the support, guide-shells vinclosing said seats, cups having shanks in yielding connection with the shells, a gearbox in independent reciprocative connection with said carrier, water-pipes in connection with driven-spindles in the gear-box, and extended through the aforesaid seats, waterdistributing brush-tips in connection with the pipes, reciprocative bottle-bottom clampplatcs alined with said pipes, the washing mechanism being cngageable with bottles suspended mouth down in racks of the conveycr when the latter is at rest, and means for automatic supply and cut-ofl of water with respect to th eat'oresaid pipes.

4-. The combination of a soak-tank, an endless link-belt type bottle-conveyer having travel through the tank, inclined rollers along which the bottles delivered from the conveyer have parallel gravity descent in interstices between pairs of same, a cylindrical brush journaled in bearings over the rollers crosswise of'same, means for actuating said rollers and brush, and means to supplying water to the brush.

5. The combination of .a soak-tank, a bottle-conveyer having travel through the tank,

a tilt-tray arranged to receive the bottles.

discharged from the convcyer, means for intermittently actuating the tray,inclined rollers along which bottles dumped from the tray have gravity descent, a cylindrical brush journaled in bearings over the rollers, means for actuating said rollers and brush, and means for supplying water to the brush.

6. The combination of a soak-tank, an endless link-belt type'bottle-conveyer having intermittent travel through the tank and 0utside the same, means for inner washing and rinsing of inverted bottles when at rest with their conveyer from time to time outside the tank, and means for, outer cleaning of the inner washed and rinsedbottles intermittently discharged from the aforesaid conveyer.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukeeand State of Wisconsin in the presence of two vwitnesses.

GEORGE J. MEYER.

Witnesses:

' N'.'E. OLIPHANT,

GEORGE FELBER. 

